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"I want cheez-its!" Emma demanded from the carpeting aisle. Snow smiled a little from the next one over, looking at the paint colors.
"We'll get you some after we're done shopping." Graham soothed. Snow imagined him rubbing her daughter's back in that special way he did.
"I want them now." The blonde insisted, sticking her bottom lip out in a pout.
"It's just a craving, Ems. It'll be gone soon and even if it isn't, you'll get your cheez-its." Graham said.
"I never had 'em this bad with Henry. Granted, even if I did it wouldn't matter. I was in jail and no one gave a crap." Speaking of the kid, the enthusiastic brown haired boy bounded down the aisle, showing a catalogue.
"Hey, Mom! They have wooden letters! We can paint them and stuff… once you guys decide on a name, you know." Henry says as Snow rounds the corner with a white, circular rug in her cart.
"What is this I'm hearing about names?" She inquired.
"Nothing." Emma said. "Henry was just saying that when we do decide on a name, we can spell it out above her crib or something."
"I wanted to do that." Snow said, instinctively looking to her right to send a pointed look to her husband. Fortunately for him, he was on the other side of the store, looking at toys. She humphed when she realized he wasn't there. "But your father wouldn't let me cause he didn't want the letters to fall on you."
"My crib was in the middle of the room, though, wasn't it?" Emma pointed out.
"He's a bit cautious." The brunette smiled. "Anyway, I found this rug. I thought it'll look pretty with the light pink walls."
"Mom." Emma whined.
"What? Graham's holding a very pretty color." Snow made her way over to her son-in-law. "It's called twilight pink. You have a good eye."
"Let me see." The blonde rolled her eyes as she walked over to her husband. "It's actually not that bad."
"I was thinking that light wood floors would look nice and the rug I found… oh! White crown molding, too. God Emma, her nursery is going to be so pretty!" Snow gushed.
"I could hear you guys all the way from the other end of the store." James smiled, appearing behind everyone seemingly out of thin air.
"Charming." Snow swatted playfully at her husband. "Stop sneaking up on us." Emma watched her parents and sighed contentedly.
"I can't wait to meet our daughter." She murmured to Graham, leaning against him. She placed her hands over her slightly rounded abdomen.
"Mm, me too." He purred, nuzzling her neck.
"PDA!" Henry groaned. "I can't believe I'm stuck with two very in-love couples."
"I hear you're a couple, yourself." Snow still had the ability to ask all the annoying questions.
"Don't wanna talk about it." The teenager mumbled, face growing red. The brunette smiled.
"We should pick out the crib next." Snow said.
"Actually…" Henry said quietly, "August and I are making one."
"Oh, Henry." Emma abandoned Graham to embrace her son.
"It was supposed to be a surprise." The boy said through Emma's shirt. "So act surprised when August shows up with it."
"We will." The blonde looked to her husband. He nodded.
"So, twilight pink it is?" Graham asked.
"Yeah." Emma sighed. "Sure." For the first time, she took note of James' cart. "Uh… that's a lot of toys and stuff…"
"This isn't even a third of what we had in your nursery." Snow said, eyeing the cart. "Is Emma's stuff still locked in the closet next to our room?"
"I didn't touch it." James said. "So I'm sure it is."
"Good. Anyway, I agree with Henry. Putting her name on the wall would be so cute."
"We still have five months to decide." Emma pointed out, once again leaning on Graham.
"I think it's hilarious that I knew exactly what I wanted to name you, and you're having such a hard time deciding." Snow laughed.
"You knew since before I was conceived that I was going to be a girl! I found out a month ago."
"Okay, you two. Let's focus on the task at hand." James teasingly chided.
"I don't really know what else there is to do. We have the paint color, Snow and I decided on a light wood floor and that white carpet… crown molding… Henry and August are making a crib and you have a crap load of toys. There isn't going to be room for much else." Emma said.
"Honey, I'm not even done yet." James smiled with a twinkle in his eye. Emma wondered if this was what he was like when he and Snow were shopping for her nursery.
"My daughter isn't going to be spoiled rotten." The blonde protested. Graham grabbed her at her hips gently and pulled her close, eliciting a small squeak from her. "That tickles!" She giggled.
"I'm going to love spoiling my little princess." Graham whispered into her ear, but loud enough so everyone could hear.
"Hey. I'm your princess." Emma said with a huff.
"Yeah, but you're not my little one." He said.
"But you're my little princess." James smiled proudly.
"Yeah, I am. And I'm glad." The blonde smiled back. "And I guess while we're here… decorations for the baby shower?"
"Emma, you're letting me do it!" Snow squealed and playfully shoved Graham out of the way so that she could wrap her arms around Emma. "Thank you so much! I promise you're going to love it."
"I just thought about what you guys said like a week ago or something. That you missed out on my pregnancy with Henry and you wanted to do everything right with this one. I don't want to be the one that spoils it for you guys and… I know that when I was pregnant with Henry, I wanted my parents with me more than anything, so that they could take care of him till I got out of jail so I could keep him. And also just to help me through everything cause I was alone and…" Emma shrugged self-consciously at her admission.
"You really wanted me." Henry said quietly, for the first time realizing just how much she had wanted him.
"More than anything." The deputy affirmed, blinking back tears. "Damn hormones."
"Hey, you still want those cheez-its?" Graham asked.
"Uh... no, actually." She shrugged again. "I guess the craving passed." The rest of her family groaned.
"But you made such a big deal about them." He said.
"I love you." Emma remedied the situation with a kiss.
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